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Commandur Rangachari
Commandur Rajagopalachari Rangachari
Born: 14 April 1916, Mamandur, Madras
Died: 9 October 1993, Madras (now Chennai), Tamil Nadu
Major Teams: Madras, India.
Known As: Commandur Rangachari
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast
Test Debut: India v Australia at Adelaide, 4th Test, 1947/48
Last Test: India v West Indies at Bombay, 2nd Test, 1948/49
Career Statistics:
TESTS
(career)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 4 6 3 8 8* 2.66 0 0 0 0
Balls M R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ
Bowling 846 11 493 9 54.77 5-107 1 0 94.0 3.49
FIRST-CLASS
(career: 1938/39 - 1953/54)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100s Ct St
Batting & Fielding 62 93 31 480 60 7.74 0 42 0
R W Ave BBI 5 10
Bowling 5197 199 26.11 7-34 14 0
- Explanations of First-Class and List A status courtesy of the ACS.
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Profile:
A strongly built police officer from Madras, Rangachari was a tireless
fast medium bowler who thrived on hard work. He went to Australia in
1947-48 as a reserve fast bowler but forced his way into the Test side
following some good performances in the first class matches including
a hat-trick against Tasmania. In his first Test at Adelaide, he bowled
well without luck initially, having even Don Bradman in trouble. He
later picked up the wickets of Keith Miller, Neil Harvey, Ray Lindwall
and Ian Johnson and was the most successful bowler with four for 141
off 41 eight ball overs. But in the next Test at Melbourne he was
expensive finishing wicketless after conceding 97 runs. However,
Rangachari came back strongly in his next Test, the first against West
Indies at New Delhi the following season. He took the wickets of Allan
Rae, Jeff Stollmeyer and George Headley in a fiery opening spell when
the score was only 27. He returned to take two more wickets and
finished the innings with five for 107 off 29.4 overs. However in the
next Test at Bombay, he finished wicketless after conceding 148 runs
from 34 overs and lost his place. He played in unofficial `Tests'
against the Australian Services team in 1945 and the first
Commonwealth team in 1949-50.
In the Ranji Trophy, Rangachari was the spearhead of the Madras attack
for many years and when he retired in 1954 he had taken 104 wickets
(20.79) in the national competition. In a first class career that
stretched from the late thirties to the mid fifties, Rangachari took
200 wickets (25.98).(Partab Ramchand)
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